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Howard’s Lady Bison Defeat Bowie State for First Season Win

WASHINGTON, D.C.–In their first home game of the season, the Howard University women's basketball team revived its offense after a fruitless first-half performance to secure a 60-38 win against the Lady Bulldogs of Bowie State University on Nov. 23 in Burr Gymnasium in Washington, D.C.

The mighty blue and white opened the contest with a 16-4 lead by the 9:39 mark. But as the HU offense cooled, Bowie State scoring leader Brooke Miles, a junior guard, paced the Lady Bulldogs on a 13-2 run, turning a 13-point deficit to a 20-20 tie after the first 20 minutes of play.

Howard initially fell short in all areas of scoring, shooting below 27 percent in field goals, free throws and three-pointers, including a season-low 17 percent from the free-throw line with a 1-of-6 outing and only sinking three long range shots off of 13 attempts.

Nonetheless, HU utilized the halftime intermission to revive its offense and double its first-half total, overpowering BSU 40-18 in the second half.

However, on a short 5-4 run, the Lady Bulldogs attained its first and only lead of the night with a score of 25-24.

But by the 9:21 mark, the Lady Bison regained a double-figure lead with a score of 38-28.